Clomicalm anxiety medication

[Diana Erhart]

My Charlie is almost 12 years old. He has always been a “nervous Nellie” and it has gotten progressively worse over the years. We have moved several times in the past few years and each time he seems to get more anxious. Our new vet (we have seen her for about 8 months now) thinks we should start Charlie on Clomicalm. I am ok with trying the medication as I have had a prescription for the “doggie Prozac” that I would give him when it would thunderstorm, etc., as needed. My only concern is that Charlie has had 4 or 5 seizures in his lifetime, with 2 being in the past year. The clomicalm information says that seizures could be a side effect. This does concern me, but these last 2 seizures seem to have been caused by his anxiousness. I will definitely be discussing these concerns with our vet tomorrow but in the mean time was wondering if anyone in this group uses clomicalm with a doodle who has had a seizure in the past, but not enough seizures to be considered having a seizure disorder. Also, if you have any experience with this drug at all, I would appreciate your thoughts about it. Thank you....